Adjustable rolling window-screen.



No. 744,953. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903.

J. C. BOWE. ADJUSTABLE ROLLING WINDOW SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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7y I? 1L Patented November 24, 1903.

PATENT Tricia.

JAMES C. BOl/VE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

ADJUSTABLE ROLLIN G WINDOW=SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,953, dated November24, 1903.

' Application filed June 19,1908. Serial No. 162,152. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES C. BOWE, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable RollingWindow- Screens; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to rolling windowscreens in which the rollers aremounted at the bottoms and tops of the window-casings, the rollershaving springs therein and the screens being attached to the rollers andhaving their ends detachably connected to the adjacent sashes; and theinvention has particular reference to improvements in the brackets forsupporting the rollers, to guards for the openings near the screens, toguides for the screens, and to the bars for the free ends of thescreens.

The objects of the invention are to provide improved and inexpensiverolling screens and mountings therefor which may be adapted to beapplied to various sizes of windows and frames and which will be durableand economical in use; These and other objects are attained in theinvention illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents an elevation of the innerside of a window and its casing to which my improvements are applied;Fig. 2, an elevatio'n of the outer side of the same, the sashes beingpartly drawn from their normal positions, showing the unrolled screensconnected thereto; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse sectional view on theline X X in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a fragmentary horizontal sectional view onthe line Y Y in Fig. 1 looking downwardly; Fig. 5,a fragmentaryhorizontalsectional view 011 theline Z Z in Fig. 1 looking upwardly;Fig. 6, a fragmentary transverse sectional view showing the main partsillustratedin the upper portion of Fig. 3 on an enlarged scale; Fig. 7,a fragmentary transverse sectional view showing the main partsillustrated in the lower portion of Fig. 3 on an enlarged scale;

- Fig. 8, a perspective view of one of the upper roller-brackets; Fig.9, a perspective view of one of the lower roller-brackets; Fig. 10, afragmentary perspective View showing one of the screen end barspartially formed, as when attaching the screen thereto; Fig. 11, afragmentary perspective View of one of the side guides for the screens;Fig. 12, a fragmentary detail View showing an end of one of the end barsattached to a screen; Fig. 13, a fragmentary front elevation of a screen.and its end bar having the combined pull and catch attached thereto,and Fig. 14 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the guards forthe screens.

Similar reference characters in the several figures of the drawingsdesignate like parts or elements.

In. the drawings, referring to the reference characters thereon, 0tdesignates the windowsill, b the sill-facing, c the top of the frame, 61and e the sides of the frame, ff the inner slide-strips, g g the middleslide-strips be tween the two sashes, h and i the facing-strips at thetop of the frame, j the lower sash, and 7c the upper sash, all ofordinary construction for illustration of the practical application ofthe invention.

The rollers A and B may be variously constructed in detail with inclosedwindingspring and are made of wood, so that one end of a long roller maybe readily sawed 0d in fitting theroller to a window-frame. One rolleris mounted immediately above the facingb and the other below theframe-top 0, both suitably close to the innersides of the sashes whenthey are closed. Suitable screens 0 and D, of wire or other substance,are attached to has a suitable socket Z or Z to receive the end of theroller-shaft. The brackets are adapted to be set upon the facing bagainst the strips f f, with the guards F flush with the rear edges ofthe strips, and are to be secured by means of studs p and screws q, thebrackets each having a notch m in the lower edge thereof to receive thestud which is to be driven into the strip and having also a horizontalslot in the upper portion thereof through which the screw can beinsertedinto the strip, and as it may be difficult to set the screw atthe exact point desired the slot will permit adjustment of the bracketafter the screw may have been set in position.

A guard G is provided to be placed upon the rear part of the facing b,extending nearly across the window-opening or from one guard F to theother and preferably having offsets r at their ends standing againstthose guards.

The guard G has a base H extending at a right angle, in which areslots sto receive fastening-nails, the slots permitting adjustments of theguards after the nails may have been set in position on the facing. Theset of guards F and Gare of suitable height to prevent dust that maycollect on the window-sill from being drawn by the drafts into thebuilding, and they also prevent the end of the screen from falling underthe sash when detached therefrom. They also prevent insects fromcrawling under the roller.

The roller-brackets I I for supporting the upper screen-roller B arealso of thin-platemetal form of sufficient length to extend from thefront edge of the strips ff to the farther edge of the strips g g, andeach bracket is provided with a guard J similar to the guard F and has asuitable socket t to receive the end of the roller-shaft. In the end towhich the guard J is attached is a slot u to receive a stud 3 that isattached to the strip g or g, and the guard J also has a slot 12 toclear the end of the stud. At the opposite end portion of the bracket isa slot '10 to receive a securing-screw 00, that is attached to the stripf forming a ledge, against which the screen D may hear when drawn out,thus closing the opening above the roller B.

The guards G G are composed of thin metal, as tin-plate and may be madesufficiently long for the wider windows and be readily shortened for thenarrower ones, and they may overlap the stiffer guards F, so as to bereinforced and prevented from being accidentally bent over in the waysof the sashes, and being very thin it may not be always preferred toform the offsets r at their ends.

The end bars K are composed of sheet metal, so that they may be readilyshortened to suit the sizes of frames, and the screens may also bereadily trimmed to suit, as will be obvious,without binding or hemmingtheir edges. The bars are first partially formed to shape somewhat as inFig. 10, there being a flat front 1 and a turnedunder edge portion orlip 2 and a flat rear lip 3, adapted to be flattened against the lip 2,the end of the screen being doubled over and placed between the front 1and the lip 2 and extending out between the lips 2 and 3. The roundedportion 7 at the bend of the lip2 prevents the bar from cutting into thescreen when in use, and the edge of the lip 3 is turned under to form arounded portion 8, also to prevent injury to the screen. The combinedpull and catch L is soldered or otherwise secured to the lip 3 of thebar, and it has an aperture 4 therein to receive the stud 5, that isattached to the sash, the head of the stud preventing the catch fromslipping off the stud accidentally.

The side guides M M M M are all quite similar in form, a pair ofright-and-left forms for the lower screen being suitable when invertedfor the upper screen. Each guide has abase N extending at a right anglethereto, in which-are a suitable number of slots 6 to receivesecuring-nails, so'as to permit of lateral adjustments, and the slotsare broader than the diameters of the nails, so that slight longitudinaladjustments may be made after driving two of the nails in theirpositions. Each guide has a curved end 0 projecting beyond the base N.The guides are secured against the strips ff and g g and guide the sidesof the screens and also close the openings at the sides of the screens,the edges of which maybe unfinished. When in position, the ends 0 extendnearly to the screen-rollers, partially overlapping the roller-brackets.

It will be seen that one may take a complete outfit, as described above,to a building, where itv may be quickly fitted to the windows withoutthe expense incident to a special trip to first take measurements forthe purpose of having screens and attachments made to order, as hasheretofore been a common practice.

In practical use the ends of the screens may be connected detachably tothe sashes by means of the catches L and studs 5, so that when thesashes are drawn open the screens will follow them out from theirrollers and close the window-openings, the screens being automaticallywound on their rollers when closing the windows. WVhen the sashes are inopen positions, the screens and the guards and guides will effectuallyclose the openings left in the frames, as pointed out in the abovedescription in detail.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Anadjustable rolling window-screen comprising a pair of roller-bracketshaving each a notch in the lower edge thereof and a horizontal slot inthe upper bod y portion thereof, and having also a guard at one edgethereof, a horizontal guard extending between the guards of the bracketsso as to effect a continuation of the same, a roller mounted in thebrackets, and a screen mounted on the roller, substantially as setforth,

2. An adjustablerollingwindow-screen comprising a pair ofroller-brackets having each a guard attached thereto andextendingtherefrom at a right angle thereto, the bracket having also anotch in the lower edge thereof and a horizontal slot in the upper bodyportion thereof, and having also a socket to receive the roller-shaft, ahorizontal guard extending between the guards of the brackets, a rollermounted in the brackets, and a screen mounted on the roller,substantially as set forth.

3. Anadjustablerollingwindow-screencomprising a pair of roller-bracketshaving each a guard attached thereto, a horizontal guard extendingbetween the guards of the brackets and having a base provided withtransverse slots, aroller mounted in the brackets, and ascreen mountedon the roller,.substantially as set forth.

a. An adj ustable rolli ng wi ndow-screen COlIi' prising a pair ofroller-brackets having each a guard attached thereto at one end thereofand provided with a slot in the end having the guard, the slot alsoextending into the guard, the bracket also having a socket to receivethe roller-shaft and having also a horizontal slot in the end portionthereof beyond the socket or opposite to the end having the guard, ahorizontal guard extending between the guards of the brackets, a rollermounted in the brackets, and a screen mounted on the roller,substantially as set forth.

5. An adjustable rolling window-screen comprising roller brackets havingguards attached thereto, rollers mounted in the brackets, screensmounted on the rollers, a horizontal guard extending between each twoguards of the brackets, and guides for the sides of the screens havingeach a curved end portion extending beyond the base portion thereofpartially across the face of a rollerbracket toward the roller therein,substantially as set forth.

6. In a rolling screen, the combination of the front slide-strips, thesill-facing, the lower sash, the studs projecting from the strips abovethe sill-facing, the brackets each having the notch in the lower edgethereof einbracing one of said studs and also having the guard attachedthereto adjacent to thesashway, the screws engaging the upper portion ofsaid brackets and also said strips, the roller mounted in said brackets,and the screen mounted on said roller, substantially as set forth.

7. In a rolling screen, the combination of the front slide-strips, thelower sash, the middle slide-strips, the upper sash, the upperroller-brackets having each the guard attached thereto and also havingthe end slot therein extending into the guard and having also thescrew-slot in the opposite end portion thereof, the studs projectingfrom said middle strips into said end slots, the screws projecting fromsaid front strips through said slots in the opposite ends of thebrackets, said brackets extending across the slideway of the lower sashto the upper sash and across the middle strip and having the guardsthereof adjacent to the slideways of the upper sash, the roller mountedin said brackets, and the screen mounted on said roller, substantiallyas set forth.

8. In a rolling window-screen, the combination of a pair ofroller-brackets having guards attached thereto, a roller mounted in thebrackets, a screen mounted on the roller, a horizontal guard extendingbetween the guards of the brackets, guides for the sides of the screenhaving each a curved end portion extending beyond the base portionthereof partially across the face of a roller-bracket toward the rollertherein, and an end bar attached to the screen and resting when not inuse between the guards and the curved ends.

9. In a rolling window-screen, the combination of the frontslide-strips, the sill-facing, the sash, the horizontal guard attachedto the sill-facing, the brackets attached to the slidestrips, the rollermounted in the brackets, the guides attached to the slide-strips andhaving the curved ends extending beyond the base portions thereofpartially across the faces of the roller-brackets toward the roller, thestud attached to the sash, the finger-hold connected to said stud, theend bar attached to said finger-hold at the rear thereof and alsoattached to said screen and guided by said horizontal guard and saidcurved ends, said screen being turned over in said bar in the oppositedirection from the rear thereof to which said finger-hold is attached,and said bar having a lip turned over the edge of said screen.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. BOVVE.

Witnesses:

WM. H. PAYNE, E. 'l. SILvIUs.

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